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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: A project to provide a permanent school building for the school to which the Deputy refers is included on my Department's capital programme. Officials in my Department are working closely with officials in the relevant local authority in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding in relation to the identification and acquisition of a suitable site to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Transition year programme is available to all second level schools but it is the board of management of each individual school that decides whether to offer the programme and if offered it decides on the number of places available to students on such programmes, depending on available resources. If offered, it also decides whether it is optional or compulsory for its students; My...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: The information requested by the Deputy is as follows for 2017/18 school year which is the most recent year for which information is available. Number of recognised post-primary schools 714 Number of schools who returned students enrolled in transition year 661 Number of students enrolled in transition year 44,940 Proportion of post Junior Cycle students* that had...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Transition Year Selection Process (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: While Transition Year programme is available to all second level schools, it is a matter for the board of management of each individual school to decide whether or not to offer the programme to it's students and if offered, the board of management decides on the number of places that are available to it's students to participate in Transition Year.  My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Programme for a Partnership Government states that a new model of In-School Speech and Language Therapy will be established.  Budget 2018 provided an additional €2M to introduce a pilot/demonstration project for in-school Therapy services in 2018. The demonstration project will develop and test a model for the delivery of in school speech and language and occupational therapy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: Ensuring that children with special educational needs are supported and given the opportunity to reach their full potential is a key priority for this government. My Department's policy aims to ensure that all children with Special Educational Needs, including those with Autism, can have access to an education appropriate to their needs, preferably in school settings through the primary and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Parliamentary Questions (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: A response will issue very shortly to the Deputy in this regard.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: The school to which the Deputy refers is at an advanced stage of the tender process. The school was recently authorised to issue the Letter of Intent to the preferred tenderer. Subject to no issues arising it is anticipated that construction will commence in the second quarter of 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: My Department provides an extensive range of supports for pupils with Specific Speech and Language Disorder (SSLD) including provision for the establishment of special classes for Specific Speech and Language Disorder in primary schools.  Speech and Language Therapy services are provided to these classes by the Health Service Executive (HSE).  The National Council for Special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Question Heading for question(s) 262 (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: As stated in my last reply, the identification of levels of disadvantage in schools is based on data provided by schools themselves, combined with publicly available CSO Small Area of Population Census data as represented by the Pobal HP Index. A comprehensive document, explaining the methodology used in the DEIS Identification process is available on the Department’s website at

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: A project to provide a new school building for the school to which the Deputy refers is included on my Department’s capital programme. The relevant Education and Training Board, as patron of the school in question, is currently in the process of finalising the acquisition of property to facilitate this building project. Once this acquisition is complete the project to deliver the new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: The purpose of the Home Tuition Grant Scheme is to provide funding towards the provision of a compensatory educational service for 1. Early educational intervention for children with autism who meet the schemes eligibility criteria 2. Students with special educational needs seeking an educational placement in a recognised school  3. Students, enrolled in schools, with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: I am aware that 2 members of the Board of Caranua have resigned.  The Board of Caranua has the important job of securing the most beneficial, effective and efficient use of the resources available in the investment account while being fair to survivors, seeking to meet their needs and benefit as many people as possible.  I thanked both of the former survivor members...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: Caranua has the important job of securing the most beneficial, effective and efficient use of the resources available in the investment account while being fair to survivors, seeking to meet their needs and benefit as many people as possible. Caranua has, up until the end of December, expended €72.5m on services for survivors. The services include: Applications Value by Category...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: Comhlámh is the umbrella organisation which acts as a conduit between voluntary organisations in this country who work in developing countries and the Irish Government agency Irish Aid which is part of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.   Where a person, employed in an approved teaching post in a recognised school, is granted approved unpaid leave to work in developing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: The review of eligibility to apply for Caranua is confined to the issue of eligibility of persons who may access the fund. No other issues form part of the review. The draft terms of reference were published on the website of the Department of Education and Skills on 13 February 2017 and submissions were invited with a closing date of 8th March 2017. The review will be published in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: Very significant numbers of third-level students move out of home to go to college and continue to be supported by their parents while in full-time education. Confirmation that a student is living separately from his/her parents is of itself, not sufficient to establish independent status. When considering whether a student meets the conditions to be assessed independently of his or her...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: In April 2017, I published Circular Letter 0032/2017 which requires school authorities to adopt the following principles of cost-effective practice which will put a greater emphasis on reducing the cost of school uniforms and other costs: - All elements of a school should be purchasable from various stores; - Only “iron on” or “sew on” crests should be used; -...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: The public service agreements have allowed a programme of pay restoration for public servants to start. I negotiated together with my colleague the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, a 15-22% pay increase for new teachers. The agreements to date have restored an estimated 75% of the difference in pay for more recently recruited teachers and deliver full equality at later points in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Eligibility (27 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: DEIS Plan 2017 was the culmination of more than 18 months of consultation and discourse with education partners and other stakeholders to ensure that identification of schools and future delivery of interventions is fully informed by the practical experience of teachers, parents, students and non-governmental organisations working on behalf of children at risk of educational disadvantage...